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Public toilets in New Caledonia were mostly pay toilets, though a few were free. They are located at sports complexes and public gardens.

Public toilets
Most of the public toilets in Nouméa in the early 2000s were pay toilets. Some of the only free public toilets were located at the market next to Baie de la Moselle. Toilets gites in the 1990s were either private or shared, and might or might not have had electricity. The La Foa Sculpture Garden had public toilets. La Jeune Scène sports complex was closed for a while in 2022 for renovations to remove asbestos in the building. This public toilets in the complex were also fixed during the period. Some nursing homes did not have adequate toilet facilities for residents.

Regional and global situation impacting public toilets in New Caledonia
Public toilet access around the world is most acute in the Global South, with around 3.6 billion people, 40% of the world's total population, lacking access to any toilet facilities. 2.3 people in the the Global South do not have toilet facilities in their residence. Despite the fact that the United Nation made a declaration in 2010 that clean water and sanitation is a human right, little has been done in many places towards addressing this on a wider level.

Around one in three women in the world in 2016 lacked access to a toilet. In developing countries, unisex public toilets have been a disaster because they make women feel unsafe and fail to consider local religious beliefs.

Septic systems and any sewage systems were not strong enough in the 1990s for tampons to be thrown into them. Foreigners visiting the South Pacific in the 1990s were advised to bring their own white toilet paper, and tampons or sanitary napkins as they were not commonly found in the region.

In the 1980s and 1990s, many people in the Pacific region had the misconception that HIV and AIDS could be transmitted by using public toilets.